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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

WI

derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

the fire was suddenly extinguished. His whole body was taken by

and

still here?” | couldn’t stop the trembling in my

“Is something the matter?”

of his voice startled me. I looked up in shock, my mouth agape

happened?”

thrust his hand at me. In it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled with gold

he said, handing the flower to me. “So I

the flower. “How did

seep in all around me again until it was nearly pitch

I shouted, wishing I knew his

to reach out to grab him, and that was when I no

fabric of my pants, and the smell of it, rusty with alu minum, filled my

blood was coming from

“Are you

me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in that stare, I

stopped, but the blood continued to pour from

was dead and

my chest as my eyes flew open

I sat up in bed and looked at the fig ures of the other girls sleeping in twin beds across the

Right. The palace.

to what had happened yesterday in the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my recurring dream

glance at the clock told me that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that

go back to sleep. Not

head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air. Being outside always lifted my

crisp so I inhaled deeply, feeling more optimistic

proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find

of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and

going to be all right. I just knew it. Peace fulness settled around me,

noises caught my attention and they quickly

something crashing

I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse

another, and I immediately recognized one of

Theo. He was being attacked… again. Really, how hated was he that this

was clearly gaining an upper hand, I decided it would be best to get back inside. But as I began to move,

Shoot!

behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself, praying neither of them noticed me, but it

interrupted by me and ended shortly. Just then,

it on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and sticks in it before I stood and walked to the opening, where he was already

enough that he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor of

Theo’s expression was hard. His

chest, but then I dropped my head so that

me a bit of hope that maybe someone would come

in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to

here?” Instead of replying to his

only passing by, Your Highness,” I said in

buy it. “You may look a

for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for you… but I got lost…….” I lifted my eyes only slightly to try to read his

and with every syllable, a new

tried to remind him,

get away?” | as sumed he

at me and dared not to say

took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted

me?” His words